title: Computer-aided liver surgical planning system using CT volumes.
abstract: In this paper, we presented our newly developed computer-aided liver surgical planning system for patient-specific treatments by using the patient's CT volumes. The system is composed of three modules, liver segmentation, vessel extraction, and visualization & interaction modules. It can prepare a virtual environment for patient-specific liver surgical planning and simulations. We also developed an original visualization library, which is based on GPU (graphics processing unit) computing for real-time interaction and visualization. The effectiveness of our system was evaluated by surgeons with liver surgery simulations.
authors.forename: Yen-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaibori
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyawaki
authors.forename: Amir H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Foruzan
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tateyama
authors.forename: Xian-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: A-Hon
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014584:User-Computer Interface